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Despair and introspection on U.S. coasts after Trump win
reuters ^ | , November 9, 2016 | Scott Malone and David Ingram

Posted on 11/09/2016 1:56:02 PM PST by mdittmar

Americans in liberal enclaves from New York to San Francisco reacted with shock and despair on Wednesday to Republican businessman Donald Trump's defeat of Democrat Hillary Clinton, with many struggling to explain the result to their children

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1 posted on 11/09/2016 1:56:02 PM PST by mdittmar
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I’m on the coast and I’m THRILLED!! So are a lot of other Staten Islanders.

If we could become a state, with half a million people, we would.


2 posted on 11/09/2016 1:59:18 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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They forgot the everyday Joe and Mary Q. American Public that has grown simply tired of the rot.


3 posted on 11/09/2016 2:00:04 PM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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Good....we had to put up with his 8 years. We didn’t riot. Pfft to them.


4 posted on 11/09/2016 2:01:44 PM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Their children should be reeducated.


5 posted on 11/09/2016 2:04:45 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (Trump-Pence 2016: No full-term Governors!)
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I can assure you, there are a LOT of us Californians who are happy as can be with the result


6 posted on 11/09/2016 2:04:46 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Lefties have a hard time with introspection.


7 posted on 11/09/2016 2:06:50 PM PST by BRL
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To: dp0622

Statan Island is a whole different world. Tonight it is quiet where I live. Not surprised. It has been a tiring 24 hours which started last night at first like a wild roller coaster ride of wondering if Mr. Trump was going to win.


8 posted on 11/09/2016 2:06:59 PM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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Lots of red areas in CA.


9 posted on 11/09/2016 2:07:56 PM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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"Folks should have deep humility in this moment," said civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson on Twitter. "We all have things to learn from how Trump happened."

Maybe your mule got tired of carrying your sorry, lazy a$$eS, while at the same time being called low-life scum and being told to shut up.

10 posted on 11/09/2016 2:10:32 PM PST by RatRipper (The biggest threat to US national security is our government and those in it.)
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I think what Al Reuters is saying is

BLEEP YOU,FLYOVER COUNTRY!


11 posted on 11/09/2016 2:12:26 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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I don’t know to what degree Trump will be able to deliver on his campaign promises, but one thing is certain: his election will not initiate some sort of racist, Nazi-like, totalitarian regime of witch hunts, militias, arbitrary arrests, and purges, and those who forecast such things will be shown for the liars that they are, and will hopefully PERMANENTLY lose credibility as journalists, scholars, pundits, and politicians.


12 posted on 11/09/2016 2:12:44 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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I don’t remember Reuters characterizing the Obama 2008 and 2012 victories with an article about “despair and introspection.”


13 posted on 11/09/2016 2:13:37 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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These liberal enclaves may secede from the Union of the States, if they so desire, and set up their own “blue” republics, subject to whatever cockamamie rules of governance they consider compatible with their view of the world, but leave the “red” districts alone, and not try to impose their rules upon us.

No barriers would be put in the way of these republics seceding. But one separated from their “red” neighbors, a wall would be thrown up, and out-migration from these territories would be sharply restricted, only being permitted if the applicant could show that as an individual, the ways of the “red” district are entirely acceptable and that person shall faithfully abide with these rules. Those in the “red” zone that are dissatisfied with the rules, would be offered the opportunity to remove to the “blue” district of their choice, but it is strictly a one-way, one-time decision, and irreversible. Henceforth, all trade and movement between the “red” and “blue” zones would be strictly regulated, and subject to harsh penalties if the authority of these regulations is violated.


14 posted on 11/09/2016 2:14:45 PM PST by alloysteel (Je suis deplorable.)
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We tried the liberal experimemt. It failed horribly.

Now let the grown-ups the over


15 posted on 11/09/2016 2:20:51 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Deplorables don’t matter to them.


16 posted on 11/09/2016 2:21:23 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: mdittmar

Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me


17 posted on 11/09/2016 2:22:16 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It seems 33% of Californians voted Trump, at least at this point in the count.


18 posted on 11/09/2016 2:22:20 PM PST by Persevero (NUTS)
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19 posted on 11/09/2016 2:24:29 PM PST by gaijin
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I’m in LA, and all my coworkers are horrified. One black coworker said, “Well, he’s the oldest President ever, so hopefully he’ll die in a couple months.” Made me wonder what would have happened if, the day after Obama won, I had gone to work and expressed hope that he’d die soon. How much of a horrible racist would I have been considered to be?


20 posted on 11/09/2016 2:25:16 PM PST by Nea Wood
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